Senior Gameplay Engineer (Optimization)

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
120K-165K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Gaming
The Role
Seeking a PC-platform-focused Gameplay Engineer to work on a brand-new title Towerborne, optimizing performance, supporting gameplay, and implementing UI designs in Unreal Engine. Must have C++ expertise and experience with PC game development on multiple platforms. Nice to have experience on shipped games, Test Driven Development, live service games, and cross-platform play.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you looking for an opportunity to work on a brand-new title with a team of highly respected game developers? Are you a reliable, effective, and quality focused Engineer that can level up a project and the team around you? Do you enjoy expanding your games audience by bringing it to new platforms? Our team at Stoic, a multi-award winning independent video game studio, is seeking a PC-platform-focused Senior Gameplay Engineer for development of Towerborne.

What you will do

  • Build systems, tools, and features in Unreal
  • Optimize performance
  • Support gameplay
  • Implement UI designs
  • Collaborate to bring games to multiple platforms

Must have

  • C++ expertise
  • Unreal Engine 5 / 4 (UE5/UE4)
  • Write clean, efficient, reliable, and re-usable code
  • Proactive and detail-oriented
  • Excellent communication skills with a variety of audiences
  • Built, or updated, a game on PC to ship on one or more of the following ecosystems: Steam, BattleNet, Epic Games Store

Nice to have

  • Experience on one or more shipped games
  • Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Experience working on a live service game post-launch
  • Experience working on cross platform play and progression

While Stoic is a fully remote, forever remote workforce, this is a US-based role. The person filling this role will need to be eligible to work without visa support and located in the contiguous United States.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


United States Pay Range


$120,000 - $165,000 USD


This range is determined by several factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. It is subject to change and may be modified in the future.


The final job level and compensation will be determined by the candidate’s work experience, years of relevant experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, geographic location, and other business considerations.


We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.


Stoic does NOT offer relocation assistance.

Top Skills

C++
The Company
111 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Stoic is an independent game developer known for the Banner Saga trilogy and Towerborne. Formed in early 2012 in by industry veterans, we enjoy collaborations with developers around the world.

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